Attachment for washboilers.



No. 707,667. Patented Aug. 26, 1902."

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ATTACHMENT FOB WASHB OILEBS.

(Application filed Dec. 2, 1901.)

'(No Model.)

TNE' mums PEYERS cc. PHOTO-LUNG WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL B. WOODFORD, OF IMPERIAL, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- l-IALFTO CARL B. HAMILTON, OF OORAOPOLIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR WASHBOILERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,667, dated August26, 1902.

Application fi led December 2, 1901. Serial No. 84,464. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. WOODFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Imperial, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new'and useful Improved Attachment forWashboilers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a clothes-holder and drainer attachment toWashboilers, and has for its object to enable the clothes to besubjected to a thorough action of the water within the boiler and to bedrained and removed from the boiler without direct handling or the useof a stick.

The invention consists in features of novelty, as hereinafter describedand claimed, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, wherein- Figure l is a longitudinal verticalsection through a washboiler on line 1 1 in Fig. 3, showing my improvedclothes-holder attachment in side elevation applied thereto; Fig.

2, a vertical transverse section through the boiler and clothes-holderon line 2 2 in Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a top plan of the same; Fig. 4, a topplan of the holder detached from the boiler and opened out into ahorizontal or flat position; Figs. 5 and 6, cross-sectional detail viewsto enlarged scale through the holder on lines 5 5 and 6 6, respectively,in Fig. l; and Fig. '7, an enlarged View of one of the hooks used forattaching the holder to the boiler as seen in Fig. 2.

Like letters and numerals of reference denote like parts in all thefigures.

My improved clothes-holder consists of a bottom grate a and of twoopposite side grates I), combined therewith and provided with means ofattachment to a washboiler c.

The bottom grate a is composed, preferably, of two parallel bars 1,through which at'their ends and intermediately thereto pass rods orwires 2 and 2', respectively, which are soldered or otherwise fixed tothe bars 1 at suitable distances apart and form therewith an inflexiblesupport for the clothes placed thereon. The bars 1 and wires 2 2correspond approximately in length to the inside width and length,respectively, of the washboiler 0. Each side grate I) is composed,preferably, of

'the bars 1, as shown.

two parallel bars 3, which correspond in direction longitudinally to thebars 1 and are hinged at one end, respectively, to the corresponding endwire 2 of the bottom grate (1, preferably in contact with the insidefaces of The other or outer ends of the bars 3 are unitedby a curved orother suitably-shaped bar 3, which forms a bail or handle to the holder,as hereinafter more particularly referred to. Through the bars 3 atright angles thereto pass wires 4, which are soldered to the bars 3,similarly to the wires 2 2. The side grates b correspond approximatelyin length to the inside height of the washboiler 0 plus the extent ofthe bails or handles 3, which are adapted to project above the sides ofthe boiler 0 through slots therefor in the boiler cover. (Not shown.) Onlifting the'side grates b by the bails 3 from their extended position(shown in Fig.4) until theyassu me an uprightposition or thereabout theholder is then inserted within the boiler c, as seen particularly inFig. 2, until the bot tom grate at, which thus forms the bottom of theholder, is at a suitable distance from the bottom of the boiler o andthe side grates 1) parallel with and in proximity to the side walls ofthe boiler c, in which position of the parts the holder is attached tothe boiler 0, preferably by hooks 5, which are hinged to the bars 3 andengage the upper edges of the boiler c, as shown in detail, Fig. 7.

By having a series of hooks 5 one above the other at suitable intervalsalong the bars 3 the clothes-holder may be held at varying heights abovethe bottom of the boiler 0, ac-

cording to the amount of water therein or the required immersion of theclothes, the hooks 5 not in engagement with the edges of the boiler 0being turned downward out of the way, as indicated by dotted lines inFig. 7. The hooks 5 are preferably integral with wires 5', which passthrough the bars 3 of each side grate b, as shown, or they may beotherwise hinged to the bars 3, or any other suitable device may be usedfor attaching the clothes-holder to the boiler c at any required heightwithin the same.

By this invention the clothes being placed on the bottom grate abetween'the side grates b of the holder the boiling water has freecircnlation around, below, and through the clothes, which are therebythoroughly cleansed, and subsequently by raising the holder from itslowest position and attaching it to the boiler c by the lowest orintermediate hooks 5 the bottom grate a can be held above the water andthe clothes allowed to drain, and on further raising the holder beforeremoving it from the boiler c the clothes can be squeezed by closing theside grates 1) toward each other at the top, whereby the slopping andannoyance caused in removing the saturated clothes from the boiler tothe rinsing-tub by a stick in the ordinary Way are obviated. v

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination with a washboiler, of a name to this specification inthe presence of 30 two subscribing witnesses. SAMUEL B. WOODFORD.

Witnesses:

J. G. MOLAUGHLIN, D. A. ALEXANDER.

